Television Executives Launch Monster Creations at Prime Time
NBC ABC and CBS duel for fall premieres as network executives chase ratings with high profile launches. The piece notes rivalries, scheduling shifts after Labor Day and the impact of mass premieres on audience capture. It highlights key debuts including ABC Good Morning World and N Y P D with Firefly and Guns of Will Sonnett, and discusses flawed rivalries and speculation on outcomes.
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Hollywood
ABC
CBS
NBC
Good Morning World
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Midcourse Move Puts Spacecraft Right On Target
Pasadena AP reports Lunar Orbiter 5 completed a perfect midcourse maneuver and a 26 second steering burn to slow 67 miles per hour. With under 133000 miles to go it will enter lunar orbit Saturday to map 99 percent of the moon’s far side and scout landing sites. Scientists aim to learn how the lunar crust formed.
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Governor Justifies Added 15 Million in Maine Budget
Gov Curtis defends a 15 million addition to the Maine biennial budget after talks with bipartisan leaders. He notes the Legislature initially proposed 226 million, Republicans offered 243 million, but the enacted package settled at 217 million in a lean budget.
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Maine
Curtis
Navy chief Moorer vows to curb officer loss and improve conditions
Adm Thomas H Moorer newly named chief of naval operations says he will focus on keeping good officers by expanding educational opportunities and improving living conditions. He alludes to pilot shortages while confirming the Navy has filled the earlier reported gap of about 2430 pilots. STP the new hallucinogen linked to hippies is traced to Dow Chemical though no external source details emerged. About 4000 STP tablets appeared at a San Francisco gathering. Dow notes no shortage and cites Walnut Creek research center as the source.
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TV Show Comparisons Highlight 1960s Lineup
The piece cites the Ed Sullivan Show and The FBI as popular second halves on CBS and ABC. It notes CBS Good Morning World as a strong follow up with alumnae connection to The Dick Van Dyke Show including Carl Reiner and hints at public interest in another Dick Van Dyke.
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ABC
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Carl Reiner
Sonic booms test prompts safety planning questions
A government report on sonic booms raises doubt whether recent tests are large enough to trigger protective or diversionary measures when fleets of supersonic transport planes begin flights. The Emergency Petroleum Supply Committee expects no oil emergency for now.
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Emergency Petroleum Supply Committee
BIW Wins Low Bid to Modernize Six Destroyers
Bath Iron Works is the apparent low bidder by more than 9.6 million on a Navy plan to modernize six guided missile destroyers. The contract would run 152 months with each ship completed in sequence including the Yarnell Worden Dale Gridley England and Reeves. Senate Senator Muskie confirmed the bid and Navy review will determine award.
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Waterville Woman Heads Delegation in Maine GOP Meet
Mrs. John S. Parsons of Waterville was named Maine chairman for the October Republican conference in Boston. She serves on the Kennebec County Republican Committee. A convict may refuse a conditional pardon by declining to accept the conditions.
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John S. Parsons
GOP National Committee
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Trade and inflation signals noted in postwar measures
Shipments to Europe continue at least through September as the Mideast war lingers. Secretary of Commerce Alexander B. Trowbridge renews the administration appeal for voluntary restraint in wage and price policies. The Federal Reserve Board reports consumers added $292 million to installment credit in June, the year's highest monthly total.
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Alexander B. Trowbridge
Federal Reserve Board
In Brief After All He Had To Let His Customers In Pik In The News
Gov Ronald Reagan recovering from surgery is expected to leave St John’s Hospital Saturday after a procedure to remove bladder stones and a lip lesion. A biopsy on the lip tissue was negative for malignancy. Danny Kaye to tour U S military hospitals in the Pacific after Israel trip. Mrs Lyndon Johnson hosts Nugent tour of White House grounds. baby grandson in stroller. Warren Downs 85 and wife 77 earned seventh grade certificates. Eskimo couple to forego college. Television arrives in Barrow Alaska as cafe owner turns set off for paying patrons. Welton Ashmore reports horse and three saddles stolen from a trailer. Carson City jury rules not guilty. Gavel Club staged a mock burglary trial with full court procedure.
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Andrew Johnson Returns to Senate After White House
Former president Andrew Johnson resumes public service by rejoining the U.S. Senate after his tenure in the White House ends. The move places Johnson back in national politics with congressional influence.
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U.S. Senate
White House
Parish imposes $100 tax on fortune tellers
Chalmette Louisiana reports a new St. Bernard Parish ordinance requiring a $100 privilege tax from fortune tellers and spirit mediums claiming powers to settle quarrels locate treasures predict trial outcomes heal or unite people in marriages.
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St. Bernard Parish
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